February 2008 - Posts

Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show 33 with SQL Server MVP Allen White discussing the automating of administration using SMO and Powershell is available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . Enjoy! Regards, Greg Read More...

A little while back I wrote an article on SQL Cache Dependencies. I had a colleague ask about these today so I think it's time to blog it. (For more information, I also did a podcast some time back with my old mates Wally McClure and Paul Glavich from Read More...

In a previous post , I mentioned lessons I learned from what I think Progress made mistakes at. However, when looking at the implementation of LINQ in .NET, I think much could have been learned from these types of applications and tools. At the time I Read More...

Alphatross posted an interesting reply to my blog entry about LINQ and Entity Framework terminology. He asked if I'd worked with the Progress DBMS . I have. Here are my thoughts on it. Obviously others will have a different view of history but I mention Read More...

There has been an interesting discussion on an internal Microsoft mailing list regarding the certification process and exams. I've seen posts from many people that are very experienced with products saying they can't see any point in the certification Read More...

Darren Neimke posted a link to some great content today from his colleague Steven Nagy . Steven had done a bunch of posts on getting started with Notification Services. It's a great set of posts but it's important to get the message out that in the next Read More...

Hi Folks, SQL Down Under show 32 with SQL Server product group member Dr Michael Rys is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . In this show, Michael discusses why XML matters in SQL Server, provides an overview and tips on the support Read More...

I was responding to a discussion in the SQL MVP newsgroups today about LINQ. A comment was made about understanding of the basic terminology and layers of software. I figured I should blog this as well to help someone. 1. LINQ per se is unrelated to databases. Read More...

I got the good news today that I've had 4 sessions accepted in the first round of approvals for TechEd Orlando. Two are in the developer week and two in the IT Pro week. I'm really looking forward to those two weeks as TechEd's are always great events. Read More...

Late last night I watched the end of a wonderful documentary from the BBC called Dragons Alive . Although Mai didn't really want to discuss it at 12:30am, it really got me thinking about the nature of curiosity and its importance in how we advance science Read More...

SQL Down Under show 31 features Solid Quality Mentor (and ex-SQL-CAT team member) Craig Utley. In the show, Craig discusses current reporting services tips and then previews the changes in SQL Server 2008 for it. It's now available for download from http://www.sqldownunder.com Read More...

It's that time of the year again for all the blog readers of Chinese heritage. Shortly I'll be off to dinner and probably briefly to the local temple with Mai's parents. I hope all readers have a great Chinese new year! 祝你新年快乐。 (I hope I got that right Read More...

SQL Down Under show 30 with guest SQL Server product team member Pablo Castro discussing LINQ, Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services (Astoria) for the DBA and database developer is now available for download from www.sqldownunder.com . Enjoy! Read More...